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Collections

Seated coquero (coca-chewing man) with headdress750–1600 CE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Ancestral Ceramics from Panama and Colombia
Small terracotta ceramic figure of a standing human form, leaning forward with hands on knees, wearing a sash and a crown-like headdress with rounded nodules
Ceramic figure of a seated human form on a bench, rendered in earthenware with a warm reddish-brown slip. The stylized figure wears a crown-like headdress with rounded projections, a diagonal sash across the chest, and rests hands on the knees.
Terracotta figure of a seated person on a low bench, hands resting on knees, with modeled facial features, coiled hairstyle, and a smooth burnished reddish-brown surface.
Terracotta figurine of a seated human figure with arms bent at sides, wearing a draped garment across the torso, with a crown-like headdress and hollow opening at top of head, on a rectangular base.
Title
Seated coquero (coca-chewing man) with headdress
Culture
Nariño or Carchi
Place Made
Colombia, Nariño, Capuli style
Date Made
750–1600 CE
Style
Capuli
Medium
Slip-painted earthenware
Dimensions
7 × 3 3/4 × 4 in. (17.78 × 9.53 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
The Muñoz Kramer Collection, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost and Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer
Accession Number
M.2007.146.105
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas